I agree about the quilt police decades later. My Grandma made many, many quilts. It is obvious that she loved to piece but didn't spend much time with the quilting (she had a quilting frame hanging from her ceiling and all the quilts I have are hand quilted), The batting she used is clumping because the most quilting she did was quilt in the ditch. The pieced patterns and appliques are beautifully pieced and appliqued 60-80 years later, but she not want to waste time doing the actual quilting.
The top of only one of her quilts is a problem -- all the fabrics are from the 30's and one of them is falling apart. The funny thing is, I got my MIL's scrap bag and in there was the same fabric (she had made herself a dress from it in the 30's and the scraps were too big for her to toss). MIL's scraps are in great shape so I am thinking about covering up the damaged pieces with the ones from my MIL. I showed the quilt and the pieces to a quilt appraiser and she was amazed at the coincidence. She said to go for it.